Poop size over a foot, potty training question *pic

I have a daughter that is 3 years and 9 months old. She’s been potty trained since before she was 3, but poop has always been an issue for us. She always just pooped in her underwear and it didn’t seem to bother her at all. She’s been only getting one small cup of milk a day and a daily cup of prune juice since since she was 2.5 years old. As she got older and the poop potty training was still an issue, I added a daily fiber supplement and daily cup of pears in juice. She also has a well rounded diet and is a good eater, but only pooping round baseball sized poops about 1-2x a week. So, over the last month I started adding miralax to her water every day. Success with pooping on the potty within days of miralax! I just told her it was medicine to make the poop softer so it wouldn’t hurt coming out and she was totally on board with that. Her poop also seemed so much more healthy and normal. However, over the last 2 weeks her frequency started decreasing and she’s been going about every 3 days (it was 1-2x a day when we started miralax.) This was the last poop she had, it’s soft but over a foot long! She said it hurt to come out but no tears or anything. Is this crazy size for a 3 year old?! Worth making a doctor’s appointment? Anyone else’s kid have poops this big? I don’t want to make a big deal of taking her to the dr since we’ve just finally gotten her going on the potty but I also don’t want to ignore a problem.

My daughter has been on Miralax for chronic constipation for 2 years. Her poops look like that sometimes. The colon gets distended from constipation, which it sounds like your daughter has if she was only going 1-2x a week. Miralax just adds water to the poop to make it easier to pass. The length has to do with the dissention of the colon.

My daughter has been on Miralax for chronic constipation for 2 years. Her poo...

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11/26/2018

My daughter has been on Miralax for chronic constipation for 2 years. Her poops look like that sometimes. The colon gets distended from constipation, which it sounds like your daughter has if she was only going 1-2x a week. Miralax just adds water to the poop to make it easier to pass. The length has to do with the dissention of the colon.

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